Michael

Michael comes from the Hebrew name Mikha'el, meaning who is like God, a rhetorical question implying that no one is equal to God. It appears in the Hebrew Bible as the name of several figures, most prominently the archangel Michael, the heavenly warrior and protector of Israel, whose veneration spread the name widely throughout the Christian and Jewish worlds. Michael has been borne by numerous kings, emperors, and saints across Europe, and remains one of the most consistently popular masculine names in the Western world. Related forms include Michel, Miguel, Mikhail, Mikael, Michal, Michiel, and Michaël.